FamilyLife (a conservative “family values” organization with headquarters in Little Rock) posted an article today on the pitfalls of co-habitation. While they brought up some excellent points in the flaws of  living together before marriage, they fell into some traps of their own.
First, the article states:
[A] problem with living together is what researchers call “relationship [...]

I have gone through many hairstyles throughout the course of my life, most of them unflattering. In the seventh grade, my hair turned from mostly straight to curly and frizzy. As this was a new phenomenon, I had no idea what to do with it. My mom had very short, straight hair, and had since [...]

Steve and I got married this weekend! Hooray! We just took care of the legal aspect of it, but we do still want a party to celebrate later. My family is, of course, thrilled that I finally have a piece of paper legitimizing our relationship. (You would think  that after the last time they would [...]

Really, after all is said and done, I am kind of glad my ex husband did what he did because it gave me the push I needed to get out of that marriage. Sure, the road has been hard, but a different kind of hard. The kind of hard that you know you can overcome [...]

In the beginning, I thought I had a good marriage. On the surface, it kind of was. It looked very good to the women I admired and who mentored me as a high schooler: he did have a romantic streak, and he showered me with attempts at romance and kindness: making dinner, flowers, candlelit baths, [...]

As I was falling asleep last night, I was thinking that I should somehow be upset about Bob’s wedding. I thought I should feel some form of hurt, anger, or jealousy, but I didn’t. I didn’t feel anything at all. I forgot that they didn’t know that I found out about it and knew that [...]